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Princeton University Stadium

Princeton University Stadium in Princeton, NJ, home of Princeton. Capacity 27,800. Opened 1998.

Princeton University Stadium in Princeton, NJ
Princeton University Stadium, Princeton, NJPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
27,800
Opened
1998
Surface
AstroTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
105 ft
Home team
Princeton
Princeton here
61–⁠46 games on file since 2003

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2003 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Princeton University Stadium by season, 2003 to 20260k10k20k30k2003: 15,203 a game over 2 games; biggest 16,3692005: 13,790 a game over 2 games; biggest 18,2652006: 11,204 a game over 4 games; biggest 14,3852007: 11,503 a game over 3 games; biggest 15,3292008: 9,384 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,8142009: 8,156 a game over 3 games; biggest 9,4832010: 9,512 a game over 2 games; biggest 9,6972011: 7,194 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,0012012: 7,984 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,8232013: 8,439 a game over 5 games; biggest 14,8242014: 9,865 a game over 5 games; biggest 15,2052015: 8,265 a game over 5 games; biggest 15,0232016: 8,990 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,4202017: 7,366 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,2292018: 6,562 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,0682019: 7,225 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,6252021: 7,019 a game over 4 games; biggest 10,0332022: 6,413 a game over 4 games; biggest 7,6522023: 5,891 a game over 4 games; biggest 8,3452024: 5,364 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,8862025: 4,951 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,1372026: 3,902 a game over 1 games; biggest 3,90220032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

18,265Yale at Princeton2005
16,369Yale at Princeton2003
15,329Hampton at Princeton2007
15,205Davidson at Princeton2014
15,023Lehigh at Princeton2015

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Snow at kickoff

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database). Game days: the day’s high and snowfall at the NOAA station nearest the stadium, for Princeton’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Architect
Rafael Viñoly Architects
Surface over the years
AstroTurf (2025–present)
FieldTurf (2006–⁠2025)
Grass (1998–⁠2005)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Princeton University Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 210 by 220 meters (680 by 730 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Princeton 16, Brown 10
Sep 26, 2026Princeton 22, UAlbany 0
Nov 15, 2025Yale 13, Princeton 10
Oct 25, 2025Harvard 35, Princeton 14
Oct 11, 2025Mercer 38, Princeton 14
Oct 3, 2025Princeton 17, Columbia 10
Sep 20, 2025San Diego 42, Princeton 35
Nov 23, 2024Princeton 20, Pennsylvania 17
Nov 8, 2024Dartmouth 26, Princeton 17
Nov 2, 2024Cornell 49, Princeton 35
Oct 18, 2024Princeton 29, Brown 17
Sep 28, 2024Princeton 30, Howard 13